Grassroots community organizations' contribution to the scale-up of HIV testing and counselling services in Zimbabwe

AIDS

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1657-1666

  Gregson, Simon ^a,b   Nyamukapa, Constance A ^a,b   Sherr, Lorraine ^c   Mugurungi, Owen ^d   Campbell, Catherine ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTION OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIMBABWE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER; COUNSELING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIV INFECTIONS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84879087828     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283601b90     Document Type: Article

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